Web Search Engines

If you're like a lot of people I know, you find one good Web search engine and stick with it forever, through the good and the bad and the indifferent. But did you know that there's a TON of Web search engines out there that you can use for all sorts of things? Here's an example of what I mean:

• Brainboost: BrainBoost is an automated question-answering search engine. Here's how it works: you type in a question, any question, and instead of merely matching your search query in page text and titles like other search engines, BrainBoost actually goes the next logical step and sorts through the search results for you, then extracts the answer to your question.
• FirstGov.gov: FirstGov.gov is an absolutely mammoth search engine/portal that gives the searcher direct access to searchable information from the United States government, state governments, and local governments.
• Torrent Typhoon, a BitTorrent Metasearch Engine: Torrent Typhoon is a BitTorrent metasearch engine. Torrent Typhoon searches major BitTorrent sites and at the time of this writing offers over 400,000 torrents available for search.
• Profile of Blinkx TV - A Video Search Engine: Blinkx TV is basically a search engine that allows you to search for audio and video clips not only using keywords and phrases, but also content in the actual clips that you're looking for.
• FindArticles, an Article Search Engine: FindArticles, a property of LookSmart, is a search engine dedicated to finding articles "from leading academic, industry and general interest publications." It's an invaluable tool for the casual and advanced Web searcher.

This is just a sampling of what's available to you on the Web. Check out my Web Search Engines Table of Contents to find even more search engines you might want to try out, pick the best search engine for your searching needs with Search Engines 101, a great way to explore more of your search topic, try a new search engine, and search more of the Web; or, if you'd like some pictures to look at, try my Search Engine Logo Gallery.

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